J.A.W.

A friend of mine, a die-hard Captain fan, has the Revenant set, but he's not very enthusiastic about it; in his opinion it doesn't do the Captain justice.

The U.S. and European versions are likely to be the same, but the Japanese release could be DSD-remastered.

Scott, My posts were not directed at you. I tried to express my "concern" that every thread where SACD was mentioned would turn into a format war like it did on the old board - I agree with Ed Swinnich on that point. Your SACD question certainly wasn't turning this thread into a format war, but I'm having doubts about Gregore's post... His name looks familiar, don't you think?

Have you ever tried Trout Mask Replica, the Captain's masterpiece? Slightly off topic: I'm still looking for Lick My Decals Off, preferably the Japanese reissue (no CDR) - yeah, I know, pricey, hard to get, etc.

Oh brother, here we go again. What's the saying? Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it or some such thing. I used to hate how so many threads discussing releases would degrade into format wars rather than discussions of the music. I really hope that we don't go down that path every time there's a thread about a reissue and someone asks if there's going to be an SACD release. Exactly my point.

You can say that again! I'm still wondering why so many people kept taking the same bite over and over again on the old board...

Just to avoid any misunderstanding: I wasn't talking about SACD itself, I merely saw an SACD fight coming on... I think we've had more than enough of that on a certain, now defunct board, but hey, that's only my opinion

It's available from Amazon Germany at €29.99 (approximately $33.60): http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000...7516402-9072858

Amazon France initially had this 4CD set (marked "UK import") for preorder at 23 Euro (!), but then they changed the price to 35 Euro. You can always order it, but your order may be canceled by Amazon later "because the item is not available". That's how they manage to fix errors on pricing. Well, I preordered it from Amazon U.K. at £17.99 (approximately €26 or $29) - let's wait and see what happens.

All Amazon sites have practically the same setup.

http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/tg/det...3441761-3721060

This box is absolutely essential. Get it before it's too late.

According to the Financial Times, Vivendi won't sell Universal: http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?p...p=1012571727092

If you're in the Central European Time zone: - click on "my controls"; - click on "board settings"; - go to "time zone": - choose "GMT + 1"; - tick "daylight savings time" box, and you get the right time, which at the moment is GMT + 2. P.S. What is known as "summer time" in Europe, is called "daylight savings time" in the U.S.

Did the master get lost?

It's probably just a ploy to drive up the price.

This store doesn't ship overseas, as I found out when I tried to order a few items a while ago... An American friend helped me out, though

Kevin, Which board do you mean with "JC"? That would be "Jazz Corner": http://jazzcornertalk.com/speakeasy/index.php

...And as I posted over on the AAJ board, I agree with Kevin. If I'd known it's an auction, I would have ignored this thread.

Unfortunately, half.com don't ship overseas.

Another sad loss He died just 6 days before his 79th birthday... (he was born on April 26, 1924)

You're absolutely right, Kevin. I stopped buying from them a long time ago, for the very same reason. I'm still wondering about JSP and Proper (both from the U.K.), though. Last year a usually reliable source in the U.K. told me that they were also ripping-off the remastering work done by Mosaic, Bear Family (Germany), etc., at least for some of their sets. Does anybody have info on that?

In my experience businesses that go under hardly ever notify their customers...

I love Professor Longhair's work, as well as Archibald's. Great NO pianists!

Shrugs, welcome! B)